Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「環堵蕭然」 today for free with this guide.
Today’s idiom is 「環堵蕭然」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Surrounded by four walls: surrounded by four walls; desolate: desolate and desolate. Describes a room that is empty and extremely poor.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huán dǔ xiāo rán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
waan4 dou2 siu1 yin4
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